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Power plant · EIA plant code 4000

Chippewa Falls

Operator
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Location
Chippewa, WI (county level only)
Balancing authority
Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.. (MISO)
Nameplate capacity
21.6 MW
Summer capacity
12.1 MW

Planned changes reported to EIA: 6 planned retirements.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 10, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Generation in 2025

Net generation
56,088 MWh
Capacity factor
29.6%

Capacity factor is net generation divided by nameplate capacity times the hours each generator was in service that year, counted by month.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Power Plant Operations Report (Form EIA-923) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 11, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Emissions

eGRID2023 (revision 2) reports no carbon dioxide for this plant.

Emissions are for 2023, the newest eGRID year. Generation is for 2025, the newest EIA-923 year.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) · data for 2023 · as of Jun 16, 2025 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Generators

Generators at Chippewa Falls
GeneratorTechnologyEnergy sourceNameplateOperating sinceStatus
1Conventional HydroelectricWAT3.6 MW1928Operable · Planned retirement: 2033 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
2Conventional HydroelectricWAT3.6 MW1928Operable · Planned retirement: 2033 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
3Conventional HydroelectricWAT3.6 MW1928Operable · Planned retirement: 2033 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
4Conventional HydroelectricWAT3.6 MW1928Operable · Planned retirement: 2033 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
5Conventional HydroelectricWAT3.6 MW1928Operable · Planned retirement: 2033 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
6Conventional HydroelectricWAT3.6 MW1928Operable · Planned retirement: 2033 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860M) · data for 2026-09 · as of Oct 23, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

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